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Conference help::decnet-osi_for_vms

Title:DECnet/OSI for OpenVMS
Moderator:TUXEDO::FONSECA
Created:Thu Feb 21 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3990
Total number of notes:19027

3882.0. "VAXPHV02_062 sets fddi station to OFF" by ROMTSS::DESIDERI () Fri Feb 21 1997 06:53


	Hi,

	In order to fix a crash we had in a cluster, we installed the 
	patch VAXPHV02_062.
	
	The crash was inside net$fddi+51cd

	This fixed the problem, but had the side effect to put the 
	FDDI STATION STATE TO off.

	I did some checks and found that the image NET$FDDI.EXE is
	responsible for this.

	Our Customer configuration is the following:

		- Multisite Vaxcluster based on 4*Vax 7630
		- 2*fddi interface
		- 2*ethernet interface

		- Ovms Vax 6.2
		- Decnet Osi 6.3 Eco06

	In order to have the fddi back in service, I restored the image
    	NET$FDDI.EXE we had before to apply the patch.
    
	So now we have EX/FXDRIVER and NET$CSMACD from the patch
	and NET$FDDI from Osi 6.3

	Does anybody have any experiences on that  ?

	Regards 
	Roberto Desideri (MCS Rome Italy)


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3882.1NET$FDDI comes with VMSCOMICS::WEIRJohn Weir, UK Country SupportFri Feb 21 1997 08:2618
Roberto,
    
>	So now we have EX/FXDRIVER and NET$CSMACD from the patch
>	and NET$FDDI from Osi 6.3

No you don't -- NET$FDDI comes with VMS, not with DNVOSI. So, you probably
have the NET$FDDI from VMS V6.2.

>	Does anybody have any experiences on that  ?

No, but I expect it to work most of the time. Specifically, you may experience
some or all of the VMS V6.2 NET$FDDI bugs which have been fixed by the fix kit!

Regards,

	John

3882.2"Cosmetic problem" fddi circuit is workingROMTSS::DESIDERIMon Mar 03 1997 16:1398

	I've noticed that the problem is only "cosmetic", actually the
	fddi circuit is working properly

	The following shows the difference between a system with and 
	without the patch installed

		System with the patch installed
                           
sho fddi sta fddi-0 all
! 
! Node 0 FDDI Station FDDI-0
! at 1997-02-27-10:07:00.140+01:00Iinf
! 
! Identifiers
! 
!     Name                              = FDDI-0
! 
! Status
! 
!     State                             = Off
!     Last Set Station ID               = '080000000000'H
!     UID                               = 00000000-8D5F-11D0-8005-AA0004000208
! 
! Characteristics
! 
!     SMT Station ID                    = '08002B3EE26B'H
!     Type                              = SAS
!     SMT Version ID                    = 0
!     SMT Maximum Version ID            = 0
!     SMT Minimum Version ID            = 0
!     Communication Port                = FXA
! 
! Counters
! 
!     Creation Time                     = 1997-02-23-09:30:25.910+01:00Iinf
!     Selftest Failures                 = 0
!     Traces Received                   = 0
!     Configuration Changes             = 0
! 

			=========================

	from ana/ima of net$fddi.exe from the patch

Analyze Image                                27-FEB-1997 10:44:33.54   Page 1
SYS$COMMON:[SYS$LDR]NET$FDDI.EXE;2



	Image Identification Information

		image name: "FDDI - NETWORK MANAGEMENT"
		image file identification: "X-24"
		link date/time:  3-DEC-1996 09:57:31.79
		linker identification: "05-13"

	Patch Information

		There are no patches at this time.

			==========================

	System without the patch installed
	                                  

sho fddi sta fddi-0 all
! 
! Node 0 FDDI Station FDDI-0
! at 1997-02-27-10:03:53.910+01:00Iinf
! 
! Identifiers
! 
!     Name                              = FDDI-0
! 
! Status
! 
!     State                             = On
!     Last Set Station ID               = ''H
!     UID                               = 922581C6-8B4A-11D0-8005-AA0004001104
! 
! Characteristics
! 
!     SMT Station ID                    = '08002B2D50C0'H
!     Type                              = SAS
!     SMT Version ID                    = 1
!     SMT Maximum Version ID            = 1
!     SMT Minimum Version ID            = 1
!     Communication Port                = FXA
! 
! Counters
! 
!     Creation Time                     = 1997-02-20-17:55:58.952+01:00Iinf
!     Selftest Failures                 = 0
!     Traces Received                   = 0
!     Configuration Changes             = 0
!